Letter from George Wailes to Sir William Jackson Hooker; from Newcastle, [England]; 28 July 1841; four page letter comprising two images; folio 372

Herbarium

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence

Resource Type

Letters (Correspondence)

Creator

Wailes, George

Date

18410728

Source

Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Relation

Directors' Correspondence 16/372

Attribution

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

Wailes has Hippeastrum calyptratum in flower if Hooker wishes to figure it. It was received from Mr March and collected the previous December in the Organ mountains. Wailes is anxious about Mr Skinner's cases, as he has still not heard anything about them. However, Mr Bateman has not yet received any sent off before March, so all may yet be well. There are two cases in London for him which were shipped at Belize on the 21 May; the last case he received from there was in beautiful order, very different to the June case that rats had got into. Wailes received from Mr Murray a portion of Mr Gardner's plants, but was disappointed that the Huntleya meleagris was not included, as he had specifically instructed Gardner to obtain it for him; Gardner found it on the Parahaiba [Paraíba] river. Wailes asks if Hooker sent off the birds he wanted them to do, as they have not yet arrived; Mr Hancock and Wailes are about to finish off the ones they have there. He is anxious to hear news of Hooker's family. In a postscript Wailes notes that if Hooker does not want the Hippeastrum, he will offer it to Mr Herbert, who likes to examine every rare species. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.

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